June 14, 1:15-5:30 p.m. ET.
Dana Johnson, instructor, 4 CEs, including 4 ethics CEs. Registration deadline: June 12. This is the second in a three-training “Ethics Fridays” series (each stand-alone) in June. Registration can still be done June 13 if you email professionaldevelopment.naswva@socialworkers.org.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the importance of client/patient rights above and beyond the rights of social work practitioners and the agencies they represent.
2. Examine the nine professional boundaries and explore how these impact ethical decision making and the relationship with clients and colleagues.
3. Discover the concepts of shame and vulnerability and how these interact with our personal social work practice and when determining how to best approach ethical decisions.
4. Identify personal examples of professional social work ethical dilemmas, boundary-crossing, and blurring that have negatively impacted your practice and discover the lessons learned.
5. Understand and apply the Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, and our ethical principles when boundaries when confronting ethical challenges by co-workers using the Nine-Step Ethical Decision-Making Model.

The demanding nature of the social work profession often competes with the desire to implement or sustain self-care practices. Each of these six workshop-style webinars provides an opportunity for you to grow on a professional and personal level. 

This course is designed to provide a detailed overview of suicidality and implications for intervention on the part of every mental health clinician. This includes understanding and being prepared to identify the presence of suicidality and the level of risk, and to be able to provide a comprehensive assessment for the risk of suicide when a client comes into treatment.

The demanding nature of the social work profession often competes with the desire to implement or sustain self-care practices. Each of these six workshop-style webinars provides an opportunity for you to grow on a professional and personal level. Balancing self-care moments and survival mode is an ever-evolving challenge and this training aims to honor that journey.